Self-closing basin faucet



June 2, 1925.

J. ROGERS SELF CLOSING BASIN FAUCET Filed 086. 31,

mm 22W #4 IN V EN TOR.

A TTORNEY Patented Ju'ne '2, 192

' FORD, CONNECTICUT.

12 5 1. UNITE!) s'r'A'rEs PATENT OFFICE. JOHN mans, or munenron'r. oomvnc'rrcn'r. assxcnon or one-Ionian: do when E. LAKE 'OI STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT; ONE-FOURTH TO HENRY I. BLAKELEY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT; AND ONE-FOURTH TO ISIDOB BOSENZWEIG, 01' MIL- SELF-CLOSING BASIN FAUCET.

. Application med December 31,1923. Serial 11b. scam.

To all whbm it concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Rocnns, citizen of the United States, residing at Bridge- .port, in the county of Fai'rfield and State-of Connecticut, have nvented certain new and usefullmprovements in Self-Closing Basin "Faucets;'and I do hereby declare the following to be a fullfolear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to 'whichit appertains, to make and use the same.

My invention relates to self closing basin faucets, and it consists in certain details of construction comprising a body having a valve and its seat in one chamber, and a plunger with an underlying packing cated ina separate chamber and having a plunger stem in contact with the valve, means located adjacent to the plunger to be operatedputside of the faucet for opening the valve and compressing the packing to prevent leakage by the plunger stem.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

wherein the same figures of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 re resents a central sectional and partially bro en view of the faucet body,

showing the valve closed, and broken view of the water supply pipe;

Figure 2 is a .central sectional viewof the body of the faucet showing the valve unseated, broken view of the supply pipe and discharge. nozzle; r

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the body.

Figure 11 is a view of a partially assein- Y bled valve;

Fi re 12 is an enlarged view of the assemb ed valve; and

position Fi ure 13 is a modified haw or th. as

semb ed valve.

The body 1 has the chambered end 2 in which is located the plunger; 3 and the lpacking washer 4. The cap 5 is removab y secured to the body 1 and is' provided with the semi-circular shaped recess 6. Within this recess is located the semi-circular member 7 shaped to conform to the curved wall of the recess .6 and contact therewith.

8is the valve chamber, 9 the valve seat, and 10 the discharge chamber. The .valve may be composed of several parts to provide means for destroying the noise incidental to the impinging of two metal surfaces when thevalve is seating. The valve disk 11 has the taper face 12 adapted to register with'the valve. seat. 9. The guide head 13 and body 14 being integral with the valve disk 11. The collar 15 has the recess 16 to admit the disk 17, which disk may be of rubber or other like non-metallic material adapted to serve as a muffler or buffer to deaden the sound on the seating of thevalve. Central holes 18, 19, 20, are respectively pro- .vided in these three members to receive the pin 21 to look all of the members together, as shown in Figure 12.

In the valve construction shown in Figure 13, the body 14, head 13 and the valve disk 11 are integral. The non-metallic buffer 17 and collar 15, are. held in proper relation with the disk 11 by simply heading over the projecting body 14.- as shown. This construction dispenses with the pin 21 and hole 18, shown in the other valve construction views.

The spaced longitudinal ribs 22', Figures 1, 2, and 3, p ject inwardly from the bore or valve chambei 8 to provide for the collar 15 of the assembled valve. The spaced longitudinal ribs 23, see also Figure 4, provide earings in the bore 32, on the opposite side of the valve seat 9, for the head 13 of the assembled valve. While hese spaced ribs form bearings for the valve, they also permit an uninterrupted flow of water when the valve is unseated.

Normall the handle 25 is in the vertical shown in Figure -1. Depressin this handle in any direction, Figure 2, wi tilt itssen i-circular base 7 and cause said base'to force inward the plunger 3 and unseat the valve and rmit water to flow therethrough to-the ischarge nozzle 26.

VVhen the plunger 3 is thus forced inward it will compress the packing ringto an extent that will effectually prevent. waterescaping' by the plunger stem 24 while the valve is unseated. The water discharge will continue so long as the handle 25 is depressed, but'as soon as it released, the force of the incoming water will close the valve and also force the plunger, 3 against I the inner inclined'face of the base 7, and reestablish itsnormal position, 'as shown in Figure 1.

This arrangement for manually opening the valve, and. automatically closing it, pre ventsan undue waste of water as none can pass by the valve only while .the handle is manually depressed, for the instant the bail dle. is released, the flow. of water ceases.

The modification shown in Figures 5 and 6 relates, as previously mentioned, to mechanism for unseating the valve and compressing the packing washer. The ham face member 27 serves the same purpose as the member-7 in Figures 1 and 2, and the cam face member 28 serves the same purpose as the member 3. The handle 29 is mountedon the outer end of the stem 30, and the cam face member 27 is horizontally rotated in either direction thereby. The angular stem 31 of the cam face member 28 will prevent the rotation of said member but it will be depressed by the rotation of the member 27 against the packing washer 4 as shown in Figure 6. The lower end of the stem 31' vand reestablish the normal position of will serve the same-purpose for un seating the valve as the stem 24m Figures 1 and 2.

Assoon as the handle 29' is released, the incoming force of water-will reseat the vallve t eseveral members as shown" in Fi 5.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

"1. In a faucet of the'c'haracter' described, comprising a body having avalve chamber and valveseat, a sectional valve construction comprising ava-lve disk for the valve seat, w

a guide head and a bod connecting the valve disc and head, a co lar, and a buffer.

located between the valve disk and collar, means for uniting the valve sections, and means for unseating the valve against the water pressure.

2. In a faucet ithe-character described, comprising a body having a bore and a valve seat therein, a valve com rising a guide head, a valve disk for the va ve seat, 'a collar and a non-metallic bufier'held between the valve disk and collar, spaced longitudinal ribs integral with the walls of the bore on each side of the valve seat to form bearings foil' the valve, and means for unseating the va ve.

3. A sectional valve construction for fau- 

